Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices.

[Chris Adams <cma () cmadams net>]

Once upon a time, Rob Seastrom <rs () seastrom com> said:
> The Pi is low-powered in more ways than one.  Last fall I ran some
> (admittedly fairly simple minded) DNS benchmarks against a Raspberry
> Pi Model B and an ODROID U3.

The Pi is not really the right tool for any "production" job IMHO.  Even
if you are restricting yourself to cheap single-board ARM systems, there
are better choices like BeagleBone, Cubieboard, etc.  If you need a
little more power (and want x86 to make things easier), go for a
Minnowboard or the like.  All of these are "hobbiest" solutions though.

If you want cheap and compact DNS for a not-too-high request rate, just
get a cheap wifi router that'll run a flavor of Open Source firmware (I
prefer OpenWRT).  Disable the wifi and run dnsmasq or bind (peruse the
OpenWRT supported device page to check RAM capacity).

Beyond that, or if you want a rack-mount solution, get an Atom CPU based
barebones, like a SuperMicro, use an SSD, and it'll be relatively quiet
(and at least the SuperMicros have IPMI built in for remote management).

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Chris Adams <cma () cmadams net>